"Whoah, what a goal - you're never going to see anything like it again," said Bruce to reporters. "That's more important than me, wait till you see this. Aw, look at the goalie, he's run the wrong way! Wow, Wazza, jeez."

After watching the goal a couple of times on replay, Bruce returned to the task in hand: "That's better than any of my drivel. Right, Shane Long, what? Sorry?"